Samuel corn



(No Model.)

s. CORN,

Gap.

No.239,146. d Patented March 22,1881'.

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N UivrrEDy STATES;

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SAMUEL CORN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CAP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 239,146, dated March22, 1881.

Application led February 11, 1881.

To all 'whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, SAMUEL CORN, of the city, county, and State ot' NewYork, have invented a new and Improved Gap; and I do hereby declarethat` the following is a full, clear, and exact description of thesaine, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part ofthis specification.

This invention is in the nature of animprovement in caps 5 and theinvention consists in a cap with the rear portion of its cover stitchedto the cap-body, above the rear lower .edge thereof`,and with aprotector secured to the rear lower edge of the cover, and extend ingaround the front of the cap to a point above its visor, where it issecured to the body, the body of the cap below the place at which thecape or protector is stitched thereto be ing covered with one or moreseparate pieces of cloth, substantially as hereinafter fully described.

In the accompanying sheet of drawings, Figure l represents a side viewof my cap with protector pulled down to cover the ears and neck; andFig. 2, a rear view ofthe cap, partly in section, with protector raisedand encircling body of cap.

Similarletters of reference indicate like parts in the two figures.

This invention relates more particularly to caps with devices to protectthe ears and neck of the wearer in inclement weather; and to that end Iconstruct my cap with its body ot' any suitable shape and size and madefrom any desired material, with the rear portion of its cover Aextending to the lower edge, ct, of the cap-body, but sewed to thecap-body some distance above this lower edge, as at b. To the lower edgeof this rear portion of the cover A of the cap is secured, by binding orin any desirable manner, a band or protector, B, the front portions, c,of this band encircling the body ofthe cap, and extending forward andabove the visor d, where they are secured in place. To the body of thecap, and below the place, b, where the cover is stitched to the body,are secured one or more pieces of cloth, C, of the same material as isthe cover of the cap.

(No model.)

When this cap above described is to be used by the wearer for thepurpose of protecting his ears and neck from cold, Snc., the band orprotector B is drawn down below the lower edge of the cap-body andaround the ears and neck of the wearer, which it will cover closely,attording ample protection. l (See Fig. l.)

To restore the protector toits position around the cap, (see Fig. 2,) itis simply necessary to take the protector with thel hands, and by asingle fold upward restore it to the position shown in Fig. 2. The factthat the cover at its rear is sewed to the body of the cap above thelower edge of the cap-body enables the wearer to in this way restore theprotectoraround the body of the cap when not in use by a simple singleoperation, and thespace on the body of the cap which is below the pointsat which the rear part of this body is sewed to the cap being covered byone or more pieces oi' cloth, C, imparts a iinish to the cap. y i

By constructing a cap in the way above de-` scribed, not only is a goodand efficient cap produced of a kind similar to that described in anapplication made by me simultaneously herewith, but in this cap the bandor protector can be made from remnants of cloth, thereby eecting asaving, and the protector being joined at its rear to the cover of thecap makes a natural t'old, which will facilitate its restoration aroundthe cap after it has been pulled down.

Having thus described my invention, what lclaim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A cap withl the rear portion ot' its cover secured to the cap-bodyabove the lower edge ofthe cap-body, and with a band or protectorconsisting of a separate piece ot' cloth sewed to the lower edge of thecover of the cap, in the manner hereinbetore described.

2. In a cap with the rear part of its cover secured to the body of thecap above itsrear lower edge, and with a separate band or protectorunited to the lower edge of the cover, the body of the cap beneath theunfastened rear part of its cover covered with one or more pieces ofcloth, substantially as Iund for the around the front portion of the capabove the purpose described. visor, Where its ends are united andsecured,

3. In zn cap with the rear part of its cover substantially as and forthe purpose described. Ic secured to the body of ,the eap above its rearSAMUEL CORN. 5 lower edge, a band or protector consisting l Vitnesses:

of a. separate piece of cloth stitched to the H. L. WATTENBERG,unfastened edge of the cover, and extending Gr. M. PLYMPTON.

